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EVENT: ESRA 39th RA Cadaver Workshop
DATE: 20th – 21st February 2026
PLACE: Innsbruck, Austria


SCHEDULE

  • Friday, 20th Feb 2026 | 08:00– 18:00, Registration 7:30 – 8:00
  • Saturday, 21st Feb 2026 | 8:15 – 17:45

OPENING HOURS REGISTRATION

  • Friday, 20th Feb 2026 | 07:30 – 18:15
  • Saturday, 21st Feb 2026 | 8:00 – 18:00

LANGUAGE: English


WORKSHOP TICKETS: VERY LIMITED SPACE ONLY! Don’t arrange travel & accommodation before booking your workshop ticket –> Book your ticket early to avoid disappointment


WORKSHOP VENUE

Medical University Innsbruck
Institute of Clinical and Functional Anatomy
Müllerstraße 59
6020 Innsbruck
Austria


WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

Unique and intimate hands-on learning experience. Lectures, practical sessions and stimulating discussions will be led by leading experts in the field of Regional Anaesthesia.

This is a two-days intensive hands-on cadaver workshop offered to physicians to improve their skills in regional anaesthesia. After expert lectures the workshop is focused on hands-on practice using fresh frozen and fixed/standard cadavers. Participants will acquire a sound knowledge of ultrasound imaging and needling techniques.

ESRA FACULTY 🇪🇺

Workshop Chairs:

Paul Kessler 🇩🇪
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine
Orthopaedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbHD-60528 Frankfurt

 

Peter Merjavy 🇬🇧
ESRA-DRA Part 2 Vice Chair
Consultant Anaesthetist
Craigavon Area Hospital, Southern HSC Trust

 

  • Lukas Kirchmair 🇦🇹  – Scientific Committee
  • Steve Coppens 🇧🇪
  • Nat Haslam 🇬🇧
  • Fanni Lukács 🇮🇪
  • Rebecca Heinen 🇩🇪
  • Alexandros Makris 🇬🇷
  • Oya Yalcin Cok 🇺🇸
  • Danny Hoogma 🇧🇪
  • Axel Sauter 🇳🇴
  • Aysu Salviz 🇺🇸
  • Rüdiger Eichholz 🇩🇪
  • Louise Moran 🇮🇪

LOCAL FACULTY IN INNSBRUCK 🇦🇹

  • Hanne-Rose Honis 

Friday, 20 February 2026

08:00-20:15

Welcome

Honis, Kessler, Merjavy

08:15-09:15

Lectures

09:15-10:45

Workshops – Upper limb above clavicle

10:45-11:15

Coffee

13:15-00:45

Workshops – Upper limb below clavicle

12:45-13:30

Lunch

14:30-16:00

Lectures

14:30-16:00

Workshops – Lumbar plexus blocks

16:00-16:30

Coffee

16:30-18:00

Workshops – Sacral plexus blocks

Saturday, 21 February 2026

08:15-09:15

Lectures

09:15-10:45

Workshops - Thoracic wall blocks

10:45-11:15

Coffee

11:15-12:45

Workshops – Abdominal wall blocks

12:45-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:15

Lectures

14:15-15:45

Workshops – Neuraxial + Paraspinal (PVB / TEA)

15:45-16:15

Coffee

16:15-17:45

Workshops – Free scanning / needling

17:45-18:00

Final Remarks

Honis, Kessler, Merjavy

REGISTRATION FEES (RATES ARE IN EUR)

  • Non-member – RA CAD 995 Euro
  • ESRA member – RA CAD 895 Euro
  • ESRA Trainee (Students/Fellows/Nurses)- RA CAD  695 Euros FULLY BOOKED

Book combined tickets via RA WS Platform

  • Non-member – Combined CAD RA/Pain 1655 Euros*
  • ESRA member – Combined CAD RA/Pain 1455 Euros* FULLY BOOKED
  • ESRA Trainee (Students/Fellows/Nurses) – Combined CAD RA/Pain 1055 Euros* FULLY BOOKED

* The combined tickets are only purchasable from this workshop homepage.
Due to technical limits of our registration platform, kindly note that only the title and dates of the RA course will be shown on the confirmation email when purchasing a combined ticket. However, the ticket type prevails on the rest and proves that your access is granted for both workshops. Thank you for your understanding.

 

If a ticket type is not shown when trying to register, it probably means that this specific category is sold out. Please contact events@esraeurope.org for more information.


PAYMENT METHODS

Payment of registration fees (in EUR) can be made as follows:

By Credit Card: Visa or MasterCard

By Bank Transfer (additional 30 EUR handling fee is required):

  • Please ensure that the name of the Workshop and of the participant are stated on the bank transfer.
  • Bank charges are the responsibility of the participant and should be paid at source in addition to the registration fees.

Please make drafts payable to:

ESRA
KBC Grimbergen
IBAN BE72 7340 2880 9716
BIC KREDBEBB

  • Registration will only be valid upon receipt of the full payment by the registration department according to the deadline indicated. An email confirming registration will only be sent after receipt of the required fees.
  • Unpaid registrations will be cancelled after 14 days or by January 20th, 2026; whichever is sooner.

REGISTRATION CANCELLATION POLICY

All cancellations must be electronically mailed to office@esraeurope.org
Refund of registration fee will be as follows, minus the applicable processing fees of the initial payment:

  • Cancellations received until and including January 6th, 2026 – full refund
  • Cancellations received between January 7th to January 27th, 2026 – 50% will be refunded
  • As of January 28th, 2026 – no refund will be made

Please note that administration fees for offline payments are non-refundable in the event of cancellation.

Application in process

The ESRA-DRA points for the 39th ESRA RA Cadaver Workshop are the following:

Total: 14 points
Hands-on Cadaver: 7 points
Hands-on Ultrasound 5 points
Other points: 2 points

These points will be shown on the Certificate of Attendance delivered upon completion of the feedback survey.

 

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